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Analysis: Cutting Medicaid could jeopardize long term care for the elderly and disabled

Apr
14
How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on. NPR
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Budget cuts threatened measles spread in other states foillowing Texas outbreak

Apr
14
Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs. AP News

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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same in other states

Apr
14
Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. Health officials say the easily preventable disease has ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs. AP News

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U.S. efforts to counter bird flu reportedly hampered by Trump administration's anti-immigration tactics

Apr
11
Trump’s immigration tactics obstruct efforts to avert Bird Flu pandemic, researchers say Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Ariel Carmona Lake County Record-Bee

Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say.

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US measles batle hindered by confusion over RFK Jr's statements.

Apr
11
US measles battle hindered by confusion over health secretary response Since January, 505 people have been infected in Texas and more than 90 total in neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. Two chidren have died. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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Prescription drugs are a target of Trump's tariffs; U.S. patients, foreign producers affected

Apr
10
Trump's trade war: Prescription drugs become a target U.S. President Donald Trump late on Tuesday reiterated he would impose tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products that have long been spared from past trade disputes due to the potential for harm to patients. Maggie Fick Reuters
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COVID: 1-7 US working age adults report long COVID, higher % among the poor

Apr
10
Studies: 1 in 7 US working-age adults report long COVID, with heaviest burden on the poor Tomorrow, pharmaceuticals will no longer be exempt from the Trump administration's 25% tariff on goods produced in Canada. CIDRAP
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U.S. Government response to multistate measles outbreak hampered by job, grant cuts, experts say

Apr
09
Response to multistate measles outbreak hampered by unique set of challenges | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas for the second time this year, as an ongoing multistate measles outbreak centered in the western part of the state has grown to one of the worst the country has seen in decades. Deidre McPhillips, Neha Mukherjee, Meg Tirrell CNN

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New studies indicate Paxlovid does not relieve long COVID symptoms im adults or prevent condition in teenagers

Apr
09
Reports: Paxlovid doesn't relieve adult long-COVID symptoms, prevent condition in youth Tomorrow, pharmaceuticals will no longer be exempt from the Trump administration's 25% tariff on goods produced in Canada. CIDRAP

A pair of new studies finds no significant benefit of the antiviral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) in alleviating the symptoms of adult long-COVID patients or in preventing the development of the condition in adolescents.

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Immunity debt hypothesis for flu after COVID restrictions supported by study

Apr
08
Global study supports the immunity debt hypothesis for flu after COVID restrictions The COVID-19 pandemic led many countries around the world to implement strict public health measures like lockdowns, social distancing, mask wearing, and travel restrictions. While these steps were crucial ... University of Oxford Medical Xpress
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